Speed Racer: The Next Generation

2008 2 Seasons 52 Episodes ⭐ 3.6 Animation

Speed Racer: The Next Generation is an American animated television series based on the classic Japanese Speed Racer franchise, in which the internal events take place decades after those in the 1967 Japanese series. It is the fourth television adaptation of the franchise, and is executive produced by Lions Gate Entertainment, Larry Schwarz, and Ken Katsumoto. It is the first Nicktoon not to be based on an original property. Animation Collective produced the series, while the Flash character animation was handled by the now-defunct Collideascope Studios as their very last project. The last episode of Season 1 features the voice of NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon, who plays Turbo McCalister. This series was partly made to promote the live-action film, and the pilot movie premiered on Nicktoons Network on May 2, 2008, a week before the feature film adaptation was released in theatres. However, both projects were produced independently from one another and featured different generations of "Speed Racers", though both featured a Mach 6. Five three-part specials aired on Nickelodeon from March 14, 2009 to April 11, 2009. A second season began airing on March 24, 2011. The animation, layout, and 3D effects were outsourced to Toonz Entertainment in India for this season. After his death, Peter Fernandez's roles were replaced by Greg Abbey.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Beginning (1)

Speed arrives at the Racing Academy and meets all of the main cast. With no race car of his own, Conor lets him use a ju

EP 2

The Beginning (2)

Speed and his friends rebuild the Mach 5 and test it out. However, Annalise, under Zile's orders, destroys it in a match

EP 3

The Beginning (3)

Speed and his friends discover the secret plans to build the Mach 6 and its unique engine from the remains of the Mach 5

EP 4

The Low Price of Fame

Speed takes advice from X on how to deal with the fame of being Speed Racer's son from his classmates. A crazy stalker s

EP 5

Be Cruel To Your School

Speed and X must work together as a team in order to win a multi-school racing tournament. Meanwhile, Zile plans to ruin

EP 6

The Note

Speed gradually receives mysterious notes signed by his father, but he suspects that they could be false. When he receiv

EP 7

The Fast Track (1)

Thanks to Joel the lab technician, Zile takes over the virtual track to mess up Speed's race at the Redwood Rally so he

EP 8

The Fast Track (2)

While Speed and Annalise are still stuck in the virtual track, they must put their differences aside to survive. Meanwhi

EP 9

The Fast Track (3)

Speed and Annalise make it out of the track. Delighted, Zile finds out Joel installed the virus, and decides to promote

EP 10

Honor Code

Speed is faced with expulsion when it appears he cheated in a race. Knowing that he was framed, Speed sets out to find t

EP 11

The Dance

Annalise’s cousin, Elsa, arrives at the campus as an exchange student, in order to seduce Speed into giving out inform

EP 12

Top Car

Ronald Multon, an esteemed car designing prodigy and old rival of Conor's, comes to the school as a guest lecturer. Furi

EP 13

Video Essay

In this clip show showcasing the last 12 episodes, Speed must complete Professor Nguyen's assignment about what he learn

EP 14

Comet Run (1)

Trillionaire Dickie Ranford challenges anyone who dares face him to a three-day race inside the virtual track, against h

EP 15

Comet Run (2)

By the second day of the race, both the Mach 6 and Chim-Chim get smashed by a canyon avalanche overnight. Speed uses his

EP 16

Comet Run (3)

Speed shares the secret of the eco-car to Zile, who reluctantly lets Speed pass ahead of him so he can beat Ranford for

EP 17

Plot for Teacher

Damien Russ, a classic legendary racer, and the last person to see Speed Racer before his disappearance, visits the scho

EP 18

Knight Racer

In a parody of Knight Rider, Zile appoints Speed to test out a Zazic Industry-made vehicle named VIC, which has the abil

EP 19

Money Problems

Spritle steps down from his post as headmaster when it appears he smuggled profits from other racing schools into his ba

EP 20

The Great Escape (1)

Conor invents a new camouflage defense mechanism for the car, which activates unexpectedly when Speed and Chim-Chim walk

EP 21

The Great Escape (2)

The camouflage feature malfunctions, Speed is caught sneaking around trying to save Conor, and the entire gang makes a r

EP 22

The Great Escape (3)

The news of Zile being a traitor is now widespread among the campus. Annalise continues to carry out Zile's plan by taki

EP 23

The Secrets of the Engine (1)

During the final days of the term, Dr. Chezko, an engineer and old friend of Speed Racer's, arrives with a chamber that

EP 24

The Secrets of the Engine (2)

Zile and Annalise steal the Chezco chamber and keep it hidden until they can meet with the head of the committee; Speed

EP 25

The Secrets of the Engine (3)

Before Speed can activate the chamber he must go a speed of 820 miles per hour. After he does this the chamber won't wor

EP 26

This is Speed Racer

A special episode that recaps the important events of the first season. It also hints at what will happen in the upcomin

EP 1

The Return (1)

Speed Racer Sr. finally returns and reunites with his sons, however X is angry with him. The Mach 6 is stolen by Zile, a

EP 2

The Return (2)

School is back in session at the Academy. However, the Mach 6 starts to exhibit new capabilities during a race.

EP 3

The Return (3)

Speed and his friends are attacked by the shadow committee. When they start to believe that Zile is somehow responsible,

EP 4

Together We Stand (1)

Speed and his pals must work with Annalise in class, but they have doubts about whether she's trustworthy. Annalise soon

EP 5

Together We Stand (2)

The students are forced to mix up and swap cars. When another student, Mitch drives Jared and Jesse's car, he receives a

EP 6

Together We Stand (3)

Speed and the gang go to Spritle to tell him about the tear in the virtual track. However, this causes Spritle to shut d

EP 7

The Hourglass (1)

Spritle hires a new security team for the Racer Academy and Speed doesn't trust them. They soon figure out that the secu

EP 8

The Hourglass (2)

While Conor experiments to try to find the missing part to the Mach 6, he accidentally opens up a time vortex! While the

EP 9

The Hourglass (3)

When the crew receives a contact from Speed Sr., Speed assumes that his father needs their help at the Alpha Academy, so

EP 10

The Hunt for the Truth (1)

X and Speed help Conor and Lucy test out the virtual track only to see that it is back in perfect condition. Spritle inv

EP 11

The Hunt for the Truth (2)

When Handles Mustache captures Lucy, can Speed trust her mysterious new friend Alpha Racer to help get her back?

EP 12

The Hunt for the Truth (3)

Speed Sr. is missing, but he left behind a mysterious map for his sons. Will Speed, X, and the gang find Shadow Committe

EP 13

Racing with the Enemy (1)

A curiously unknown sponsor invites X to join the world of professional racing. Will X appreciate this opportunity, or w

EP 14

Racing with the Enemy (2)

After Alpha Leader is rescued from the Shadow Committee, he warns of an attack the Committee has been planning. Will Spe

EP 15

Racing with the Enemy (3)

Speed breaks into the Shadow Committee base to confront X about his new allegiance. Can he win back X's loyalty or will

EP 16

The Shadow World (1)

The unstable Hourglass Part transports Speed, Alpha, Chim Chim and X to a dangerous alternate dimension. Will they be ab

EP 17

The Shadow World (2)

Still trapped in an alternate dimension, Speed and Alpha team up with some unlikely allies. Unfortunately, they now must

EP 18

The Shadow World (3)

Speed develops a plan to battle the Shadow Committee and get his friends back to their home dimension. But will X be wil

EP 19

Family Reunion (1)

Speed, X and Chim Chim return back to their home dimension and learn a shocking secret about their long-lost mother. Wil

EP 20

Family Reunion (2)

Speed and the gang use the Hourglass Part to travel back in time. Can they fix the past to save their family in the pres

EP 21

Family Reunion (3)

Speed and the gang are out to correct the past, but will an encounter with Zile Zazic prove one problem too many?

EP 22

The Iron Terror (1)

The crew comes back to a present where Speed Sr. and Trixie are happily married! But is this new world too good to be tr

EP 23

The Iron Terror (2)

When members of the Racer family begin to disappear, Speed Sr. is the prime suspect. Can Speed find the real culprit and

EP 24

The Iron Terror (3)

Speed and the gang must work to save the Racer family before a mysterious man traps them all in his Virtual World!

EP 25

Gotcha!

An off-limits campus game quickly turns to trouble when students suddenly begin vanishing!

EP 26

Shrinkage

Connor's new invention accidentally shrinks Speed, X and Lucy! Can he return them to regular size before the problem gro

Popular Cast

Peter Fernandez

Michael Sinterniklaas

Robbie Sublett

Sahra Mellesse

Gregory Abbey